Quest User Guide
On May 1st, 2019 the Quest scheduler will change from Moab to Slurm. Researchers using Quest will have to update their job submission scripts and use different commands to run under the new scheduler.
Click here for the schedule of Slurm workshops offered during the transition period. For more information, please see the project page.
Quest is Northwestern's High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster. It is used by researchers throughout the university. Quest is managed by Northwestern IT Research Computing Services. An overview of Quest and information about applying for an allocation (account) can be found on the Research Computing Services website.
User Guides
- Quest Quick Start Guide: Recommended for new users
- Logging in to Quest
- File Systems and Storage
- Transferring Files
- Checking Allocation Resources
- Submitting a Job
- Compiling Code
- Available Software
- Installing Software
- Quest Analytics Nodes
- Genomics Compute Cluster
- Quest FAQ